At the age of 12, Jennifer Doudna read James Watson’s The Double Helix and got hooked on science in general and genetics in particular. Four decades later, she is a molecular biology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, talks to Foreign Affairs about the court’s achievements and challenges, why so few people have been convicted, and whether the court has a bias against Africa.

The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, talks to Foreign Affairs about the future of the U.S. military, the presidential campaign, and why he thinks it’s the most dangerous period the United States has faced in his lifetime.

The secretary general of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, talks to Foreign Affairs about his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, the importance of NATO, and how to deter Russian aggression in the Baltics.

The chief financial officer at Alphabet (formerly Google) talks to Foreign Affairs about the future of the global economy, the differences between Silicon Valley and Wall Street, and the political climate in Washington.